As I recall, I always read the Swift was a rebadged Metro, but
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The first generation was a project begun by General Motors as the M-car. When they realized that the project was not going to be profitable enough, the entire unfinished design was sold to Suzuki in return for a five per cent stake in the company. Suzuki completed the design and development work and put the car on sale from October 1983 in the Japanese market, as the Cultus. This is also why the car's design was such a natural fit in the General Motors lineup, with a clear GM corporate look. The model was also exported worldwide by Suzuki and assembled by a number of General Motors franchises, often undergoing badge engineering. The first-generation Swifts all share the SA model code prefix and was Suzuki's first earnest entry into a class of car with larger dimensions and engines than of the kei class Suzuki Fronte.
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So, Chevrolet designed it, and Suzuki renamed it, but since Suzuki manufactured it, technically Chevrolet rebadged it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Cultus
Chevrolet ended the Metro in 2001 and when Daewoo closed most of their dealerships outside of South Korea and GM bought them, Daewoo replaced the Lanos with the Kalos, which Chevy called the Aveo.
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The Aveo was introduced for its market debut in a 60-second television advertisement that first appeared on New Year's Eve 2003, created by the firm of Campbell-Ewald, directed by Michael Bay and featuring the song Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf. The advertisement was titled "An American Revolution, Car Carrier" and featured six yet to be introduced cars and trucks boarding a car carrier as it traversed the United States. It featured the Aveo descending the Twin Peaks of San Francisco and making an airborne leap highly reminiscent of Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang in the movie Bullitt, before boarding the car carrier.
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This sounded awesome and I have been meaning to look up that song for a while!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aveo_(T200)